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Irabu announces he is joining Hanshin Tigers

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Right-hander Hideki Irabu (L) shakes hands with the Hanshin Tigers manager Senichi Hoshino in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, on Dec. 10, in announcing his joining the Japanese Central League team. Irabu was released by the Texas Rangers last month following a season cut short by blood clots in his lungs.

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Texas' Irabu hospitalized with chest pains

MISSOURI, United States - Texas Rangers right-hander Hideki Irabu (file photo) was hospitalized July 15 after experiencing chest pains and shortness of breath at a Kansas City hotel in Missouri, baseball sources said. The sources said Irabu, who is in Missouri for a series of games with the Kansas City Royals, underwent emergency treatment at a hospital after small blood clots were discovered in the arteries of his lungs. (MLB)

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Chinese study provides evidence for improved stroke treatment

STORY: Chinese study provides evidence for improved stroke treatment DATELINE: Oct. 29, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:13 LOCATION: HEFEI, China CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of doctors and medical staff working at hospitals 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): HU WEI, Neurologist, The First Affiliated Hospital of the University of Science and Technology of China 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ADNAN QURESHI, Professor of clinical neurology, University of Missouri School of Medicine STORYLINE: Saturday marks the annual World Stroke Day. Clinicians have found in a new study that removing blood clots within 12 hours after the onset of a stroke can noticeably improve patients' health and reduce death rates. The findings by a Chinese team were reported in the New England Journal of Medicine on Oct. 13. The efforts were led by researchers from the First Affiliated Hospital of the University of Science and Technology of China. They conducted a randomized, controlled trial involving 340 patients with an average age of 66.5 at 36

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Italy Resumes The Astrazeneca Vaccine Rollout - Milan

Health care staff prepares administers a dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine at the Museum of Science and Technology on March 19, 2021 in Milan, Italy. EU member countries reintroduce the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine in their inoculation campaigns following the previous day's European Medicines Agency (EMA) announcement to uphold its approval of the vaccine. Italy and other countries stopped giving the vaccine over fears there might be links between the vaccination against Covid-19 with the AstraZeneca vaccine and a rare number of blood clots. Photo by Fotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:IPA/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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Italy Resumes The Astrazeneca Vaccine Rollout - Milan

Health care staff prepares a dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine at the Museum of Science and Technology on March 19, 2021 in Milan, Italy. EU member countries reintroduce the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine in their inoculation campaigns following the previous day's European Medicines Agency (EMA) announcement to uphold its approval of the vaccine. Italy and other countries stopped giving the vaccine over fears there might be links between the vaccination against Covid-19 with the AstraZeneca vaccine and a rare number of blood clots. Photo by Fotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:IPA/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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Italy Resumes The Astrazeneca Vaccine Rollout - Milan

Health care staff prepares administers a dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine at the Museum of Science and Technology on March 19, 2021 in Milan, Italy. EU member countries reintroduce the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine in their inoculation campaigns following the previous day's European Medicines Agency (EMA) announcement to uphold its approval of the vaccine. Italy and other countries stopped giving the vaccine over fears there might be links between the vaccination against Covid-19 with the AstraZeneca vaccine and a rare number of blood clots. Photo by Fotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:IPA/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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Italy Resumes The Astrazeneca Vaccine Rollout - Milan

A vial of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is seen at the Museum of Science and Technology on March 19, 2021 in Milan, Italy. EU member countries reintroduce the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine in their inoculation campaigns following the previous day's European Medicines Agency (EMA) announcement to uphold its approval of the vaccine. Italy and other countries stopped giving the vaccine over fears there might be links between the vaccination against Covid-19 with the AstraZeneca vaccine and a rare number of blood clots. Photo by Fotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:IPA/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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Italy Resumes The Astrazeneca Vaccine Rollout - Milan

Health care staff prepares a dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine at the Museum of Science and Technology on March 19, 2021 in Milan, Italy. EU member countries reintroduce the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine in their inoculation campaigns following the previous day's European Medicines Agency (EMA) announcement to uphold its approval of the vaccine. Italy and other countries stopped giving the vaccine over fears there might be links between the vaccination against Covid-19 with the AstraZeneca vaccine and a rare number of blood clots. Photo by Fotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:IPA/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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Italy Resumes The Astrazeneca Vaccine Rollout - Milan

Health care staff prepares a dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine at the Museum of Science and Technology on March 19, 2021 in Milan, Italy. EU member countries reintroduce the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine in their inoculation campaigns following the previous day's European Medicines Agency (EMA) announcement to uphold its approval of the vaccine. Italy and other countries stopped giving the vaccine over fears there might be links between the vaccination against Covid-19 with the AstraZeneca vaccine and a rare number of blood clots. Photo by Fotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:IPA/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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Italy Resumes The Astrazeneca Vaccine Rollout - Milan

Health care staff prepares administers a dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine at the Museum of Science and Technology on March 19, 2021 in Milan, Italy. EU member countries reintroduce the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine in their inoculation campaigns following the previous day's European Medicines Agency (EMA) announcement to uphold its approval of the vaccine. Italy and other countries stopped giving the vaccine over fears there might be links between the vaccination against Covid-19 with the AstraZeneca vaccine and a rare number of blood clots. Photo by Fotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:IPA/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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Italy Resumes The Astrazeneca Vaccine Rollout - Milan

Health care staff prepares administers a dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine at the Museum of Science and Technology on March 19, 2021 in Milan, Italy. EU member countries reintroduce the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine in their inoculation campaigns following the previous day's European Medicines Agency (EMA) announcement to uphold its approval of the vaccine. Italy and other countries stopped giving the vaccine over fears there might be links between the vaccination against Covid-19 with the AstraZeneca vaccine and a rare number of blood clots. Photo by Fotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:IPA/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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Italy Resumes The Astrazeneca Vaccine Rollout - Milan

A vial of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is seen at the Museum of Science and Technology on March 19, 2021 in Milan, Italy. EU member countries reintroduce the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine in their inoculation campaigns following the previous day's European Medicines Agency (EMA) announcement to uphold its approval of the vaccine. Italy and other countries stopped giving the vaccine over fears there might be links between the vaccination against Covid-19 with the AstraZeneca vaccine and a rare number of blood clots. Photo by Fotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:IPA/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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Texas' Irabu hospitalized with chest pains

MISSOURI, United States - Texas Rangers right-hander Hideki Irabu (file photo) was hospitalized July 15 after experiencing chest pains and shortness of breath at a Kansas City hotel in Missouri, baseball sources said. The sources said Irabu, who is in Missouri for a series of games with the Kansas City Royals, underwent emergency treatment at a hospital after small blood clots were discovered in the arteries of his lungs. (MLB)

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EMA reviews link between COVID-19 vaccine and incidents

Photo taken on March 17, 2021, shows the European Medicines Agency headquarters in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The European drug watchdog is reviewing recent reports of bleeding, blood clots and other symptoms in people who have received AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine.

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Irabu announces he is joining Hanshin Tigers

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Right-hander Hideki Irabu (L) shakes hands with the Hanshin Tigers manager Senichi Hoshino in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, on Dec. 10, in announcing his joining the Japanese Central League team. Irabu was released by the Texas Rangers last month following a season cut short by blood clots in his lungs. (Kyodo)